by Susan Jagannath | Nov 26, 2020 | Adventures, Camino, Sticky, Valley of the Flowers, Writing
Happy Thanksgiving A happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends. In some safe way, I hope you can connect with your family over this festival season. We don’t have the day in Australia, or India, or other countries, but I’m sure all of us have lots to...
by Susan Jagannath | Nov 11, 2020 | Adventures, Camino, Featured, Himalayas, Spain, Sticky, Walking
Of Caminos, Adventures and Stocks Would you go? It looks as if a vaccine for the world is increasingly likely – as a likely candidate emerged, with a viable testing regime, all kinds of unconnected things happened. Of course, nothing is really unconnected in our...
by Susan Jagannath | Oct 12, 2020 | Himalayas, Sticky, Walking, Writing
Why is the Sacred Lotus blooming out of season? This years diminished tourist season might have kept the tourists, pilgrims and trekkers out, but that did not stop the flowers from blooming, and keeping on blooming late in the year. It made me think – what good...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 17, 2020 | Adventures, Food, Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, Sticky, trekking, Valley of the Flowers, Walking
The intrepid owner of Cafe Buransh in Sari village gives this account of reaching Sari Village from Kerala in August. This makes a succinct how-to of all the requirements to travel to Uttarakhand from within India.However, requirements change all the time, so please...
by Susan Jagannath | Jul 30, 2020 | Adventures, Himalayan Challenge, Himalayas, Sticky, trekking, Walking
Celebrate the trekkaversary of our HImalayan adventure today! It’s exactly one year, since we set off from Brisbane, on our way to India.We went via Kuala Lumpur, where I lost my notebook – the scribbling type, not electronic – Delhi, and...
by Susan Jagannath | Jul 15, 2020 | Camino, Spain, Sticky
On July 1st when Spain officially exited the state of alarm, in addition to the tourists streaming in to enjoy the warm weather, the near empty beaches and their holiday homes; a few wary pilgrims tentatively began a return to the world’s oldest pilgrimage, the...
